VILLA have signed Swiss twins Yago and Damian Bellon for an undisclosed fee from St Gallen.

VILLA have signed Swiss twins Yago and Damian Bellon for an undisclosed fee from St Gallen.

Winger Yago and central midfielder Damian, both regulars in the Swiss Under-17 side, have signed three-year deals.

They turn 17 next month and Academy director Bryan Jones is confident they can make the grade in England.

"They come with a pedigree. We're always looking for good players and the record over the last few seasons has been quite good in producing players for David O'Leary's first team. I'm hopeful these two will be the next in line," he said.

"They're eligible to play for the Under-18s, but we're looking for players to progress and I have a feeling they will more or less go straight into the reserves."